Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Bill Retiring the Trade Dollar Re-
ceires Action From the Senate
and Goes to the President.
The Presidents Message yetoing the De-
pendent Pension Bill Is Con
sidered by the House.
MIX CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

Ohio posts of the Grand Army of the Re
public for the passage of the dependent
pension bill over the Presidents veto.
Laid on the table.
Senator Beck said for years he had been
presenting petitions for the repeal of the
navigation laws in the hope that Ameri-
cans might be able to own steamship
lines on the ocean. he had now prepared
smemorial on the sub eCt signed by him
self, and which he asked to have referred
To the committee on commerce, before
which committee he woult ask to be
heard. AS basis to show the Importance
of the matter he had also referred with his
Memorial an extract from the late speech
Of Herr Won Moltke before the Reichstag
TO show that war is inevitable, also a
Newspaper extract in regard to the action
Iof England toward her steamship lines
Referred to the committee on commerce.
T The resolution heretofore offered by
! Senator Call for the meeting of the Sen
ate at a. N. and adjournment ct 9
D. m, with an hours recess, was taken
up and referred to the committee on ap-
preparations, Senator Beck stating that
business was more facilitated by giving
the committee time up TO noon and that
the extension Of the hours in the Senate
was simply cutting off committee woIk.
Senator Allison, from the committee on
appropriations, reported back the military
academy appropriation bill. he stated
that the committee reported but one
amendment to it. Laid on the table.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Senator Butler that the Senate proceed
without further delay to consideration CT
the House bill TO change the time of the
meeting Of the Legislative Assembly
of Washington Territory was taken
up. Senator Butler made statement
as to the Importance of the measure
which intended to facilitate the taxation
of lands CT the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, the estimate being that for
want of legislation the territory is losing
1887 900 Of such taxation. He disclaimed
being "of those who raid en- railroad cor
pOratiOEs." But he thought those
western companies which had received
such imperial benefits should not be al
lowed TO escape payment OF fair and Just
taxation. The discussion lasted till
O'Clock, when the presiding officer pre-
sent=d the unfinished business, being the
Nicaragua canal bill.
Senator Blair presented petitions from
several Grand Army posts for the pas
sage Of the dependent pension bill over
the Presidents veto. Laid on the table.
Senator Mcpherson gave notice that at
the conclusion of the consideration of the
Nicaragua ship canal bill he would ask
"with great persistency" consideration
of the House joint resolution for an in
vestigation of Pacific railroad companies.
On motion of Senator Mcmillan the
zoo Chi 4.
and the Senate resumed consideration of
the river and hsrbor appropriation bill.
Senator Edmunds made a point of
order on section 3, (Which provides for
the condemnation of land) on the ground
that it was new legislation. The point of
order was sustained and the section was
struck out.
The bill was laid aside temporarily and
Senator Jones of Nevada, from the con-
ference committee on the bill to retire
the trade dollar, made report and stated
the points Of it. After g lengthy debate
the report was agreed to-yess, 40; nays,
5. The nays were Senators Frye, George,
Jones OF Arkansas, Morrill, and Sherman.
The bill now goes to the President.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the river and harOOr bill, but without
taking any definite action adjourned.
THE HOT Sc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 Mr.. Matson of
Indians, from the committee on invalid
pensions, reported back the dependent
pension bill with the Presidents veto
message thereon and asked that the re
port be printed in the Record, and gave
notice that he would call the bill up for
action Thursday next.
Mr.. Breckenridge of Arkansas objected /
to The report being printed in the Record. |
ThereupOn Mr.. Burrows of Michigan de- |
handed that it be read.
The Speaker decided that the report I
must be read and the CLERK proceeded to .
read.
MIR. Breckenridge then rose to with
draw his objection and was met with
loud cries for the Irregular order" from
the Republican side Mr. Breckenridge /
was finally heard to withdraw his ObjeC- /
ton but it wss immediately renewed
upon the Republican side, and the reaj-
ing was continued.
The report states that two facts will
arrest the attention Of sny one VINO reads
the Presidents message. The first is that
10 objection IS made to the bill IN the
ground of it's constitutiouality or the right
of Congress TO enact it. The law is not
questioned. The other is that the first
section of the bill is not touched upon by
the message, and no intimation is given
by the President as to whether that sec
ton of itself, embOdyin2 as it does an
Independent proposition, and in the pre-
else form specifically urged by
the Secretary of the Interior
in his last annual report, meets
with his approval or disapproyal.
The committee then analyze the objec-
lions of the President that the kill is
vague in its provisions in that 1t might
apply to various grades of disability or
and submits to the judgment
of the House and the country that those
who framed the bill after months of care
full consideration have made no mistake
and have confined the bill to a class, and
that class can be well defined as consist
ing OF those totally disabled or Deepen
dent on their daily labor for sup
port. ''We regret" says the COM
mittee, "the strained Interpretation put
on the bill in the message as an excuse
rather than g reason for returning it TO
the House, and believe We do no inius-
tice to the executive when considering
the whole message to say that if its pro-
visions had been palmer and no question
could have been raised as 10 whether 1t
Included only those unable TO labor,
he would have interposed his
1t passes the Comprehen-
sion of this committee 10 understand how
fhe President could have overlooked in
another bill (the Mexican pension BILL
what are alleged as faults in this bill.
Such distinction made by acts of the
President the committee cannot believe
nj lksefndorse' anywhere by the patriotic
Sentiment of this country"